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Neither agency will bow to the other's choice for the sake of having a single symbol. Meantime, a Ford Motor Co. designer named Elwood Engel argues for eliminating both Johnny and Woodsy. His proposed substitute: Ollie and Polly, "the oxygen molecules with the message...
...Administration could easily put another $8 billion to $10 billion a year into the economy. What we need are liberalized unemployment insurance benefits, accelerated tax reductions effective now, instead of in 1972 or 1973, and vigorous federal programs combating unemployment and inflation." LEE A. IACOCCA, president of Ford Motor Co. "The country cannot hope to have a sustained economic recovery without a strong increase in investment. It is disquieting that the outlook for capital spending is so weak. We would urge Congress to restore the investment tax credit permanently. Changes that promote investment are in the best interests of everyone...
...battery-powered car should be able to cross crevasses as wide as 28 in., clamber up and down slopes of 25° and travel up to 40 miles. Each of its four wide-track, wire-mesh wheels is driven by its own gears and a i-h.p. electric motor. In case one motor fails, it can be cut out of the power system and the vehicle can push on-if necessary on the power of only two motors...
...currently ranks No. 10 among golf's alltime money winners. (Palmer leads, with $1,364,898.) Besieged by sponsors waiting to have their wallets tapped, he also has a host of lucrative endorsement deals with, among others, Blue Bell, Inc. (sportswear), Abbott Laboratories (golf equipment), Stylist Shoe Co., Downtowner Motor Inns, Chrysler's Dodge Division, and, of course, the Dr Pepper Co. In addition, Lee Trevino Enterprises Inc. is readying a TV series called Golf Celebrity and a $1.5 million luxury apartment complex in El Paso called Casa Trevino...
...outdoor health spa, Hocker and his wife Ann stumbled on nudism. "We were the talk of Long Beach for a long time," recalls Ann (equally nude), her eyes gleaming with a certain mischievous pride. After four years Hocker quit his job as a cost analyst with the Ford Motor Co., bought Oakdale, an established nudist club just outside San Bernardino, and made nudism a full-time way of life. "You can't beat it," says Hocker. "It's so - natural. It just seems right not to wear clothes. You can't upstage anybody around here with...